Peter Steven Fischer (August 10, 1935 – October 30, 2023) was an American television writer, producer, and novelist.
He was best known for the series Murder, She Wrote,[1] which he co-created with Richard Levinson and William Link.
[2] Fischer held a series of jobs for the next several years, including editing trade publications and working in direct mail.
[4] He said the series was conceived with the idea to create a character that combined the fictional detective Miss Marple with her creator, Agatha Christie.
[2] Fischer lived in Pacific Grove, California, in his later years, and died at a care home there on October 30, 2023, at the age of 88.